Article
A premature stopcodon in thyroglobulin messenger RNA results in familial goiter and moderate hypothyroidism.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 1999
van de Graaf S A, Ris-Stalpers C, Veenboer G J, Cammenga M, Santos C, Targovnik H M, de Vijlder J J, Medeiros-Neto G
Abstract excerpt
Impaired thyroglobulin (Tg) synthesis is one of the putative causes for dyshormonogenesis of the thyroid gland. This type of hypothyroidism is characterized by intact iodide trapping, normal organification of iodide, and usually low serum Tg levels in relation to high TSH, and when untreated the patients develop goiter. In thyroid tissue from a 13-yr-old patient suspected of a thyroglobulin synthesis defect, the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alternative Splicing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Child, Preschool
- Codon
- Female
- Goiter
- Humans
- Hypothyroidism
- Male
